diff --git a/user/ansi_parser.c b/user/ansi_parser.c
index 37d30cf..49450d9 100644
--- a/user/ansi_parser.c
+++ b/user/ansi_parser.c
@@ -142,6 +142,13 @@ ansi_parser(char newchar)
 		history[HISTORY_LEN-1] = newchar;
 	#endif
 
+	// THose should work always, even inside a string
+	if (newchar == CAN || newchar == SUB) {
+		// Cancel the active sequence
+		cs = ansi_start;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	// Handle simple characters immediately (bypass parser)
 	if (newchar < ' ' && !inside_string) {
 		switch (newchar) {
@@ -183,12 +190,6 @@ ansi_parser(char newchar)
 				apars_handle_enq();
 				return;
 
-				// Cancel the active sequence
-			case CAN:
-			case SUB:
-				cs = ansi_start;
-				return;
-
 			default:
 				// Discard all other control codes
 				return;
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ ansi_parser(char newchar)
 
 	// The parser
 	
-/* #line 212 "user/ansi_parser.c" */
+/* #line 213 "user/ansi_parser.c" */
 	{
 	const char *_acts;
 	unsigned int _nacts;
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ execFuncs:
 	while ( _nacts-- > 0 ) {
 		switch ( *_acts++ ) {
 	case 0:
-/* #line 188 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
+/* #line 189 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
 	{
 			ansi_warn("Parser error.");
 			apars_show_context();
@@ -407,7 +408,7 @@ execFuncs:
 		}
 	break;
 	case 1:
-/* #line 197 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
+/* #line 198 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
 	{
 			if ((*p) != 0) {
 				apars_handle_plainchar((*p));
@@ -415,7 +416,7 @@ execFuncs:
 		}
 	break;
 	case 2:
-/* #line 205 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
+/* #line 206 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
 	{
 			// Reset the CSI builder
 			leadchar = NUL;
@@ -432,13 +433,13 @@ execFuncs:
 		}
 	break;
 	case 3:
-/* #line 220 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
+/* #line 221 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
 	{
 			leadchar = (*p);
 		}
 	break;
 	case 4:
-/* #line 224 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
+/* #line 225 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
 	{
 			if (arg_cnt == 0) arg_cnt = 1;
 			// x10 + digit
@@ -448,7 +449,7 @@ execFuncs:
 		}
 	break;
 	case 5:
-/* #line 232 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
+/* #line 233 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
 	{
 			if (arg_cnt == 0) arg_cnt = 1; // handle case when first arg is empty
 			arg_cnt++;
@@ -456,20 +457,20 @@ execFuncs:
 		}
 	break;
 	case 6:
-/* #line 238 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
+/* #line 239 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
 	{
 			interchar = (*p);
 		}
 	break;
 	case 7:
-/* #line 242 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
+/* #line 243 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
 	{
 			apars_handle_csi(leadchar, arg, arg_cnt, interchar, (*p));
 			{cs = 1;goto _again;}
 		}
 	break;
 	case 8:
-/* #line 254 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
+/* #line 255 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
 	{
 			leadchar = (*p);
 			str_ni = 0;
@@ -479,13 +480,13 @@ execFuncs:
 		}
 	break;
 	case 9:
-/* #line 262 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
+/* #line 263 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
 	{
 			string_buffer[str_ni++] = (*p);
 		}
 	break;
 	case 10:
-/* #line 266 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
+/* #line 267 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
 	{
 			inside_string = false;
 			string_buffer[str_ni++] = '\0';
@@ -494,41 +495,41 @@ execFuncs:
 		}
 	break;
 	case 11:
-/* #line 279 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
+/* #line 280 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
 	{
 			apars_handle_hash_cmd((*p));
 			{cs = 1;goto _again;}
 		}
 	break;
 	case 12:
-/* #line 284 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
+/* #line 285 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
 	{
 			apars_handle_short_cmd((*p));
 			{cs = 1;goto _again;}
 		}
 	break;
 	case 13:
-/* #line 289 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
+/* #line 290 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
 	{
 			apars_handle_space_cmd((*p));
 			{cs = 1;goto _again;}
 		}
 	break;
 	case 14:
-/* #line 296 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
+/* #line 297 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
 	{
 			leadchar = (*p);
 			{cs = 10;goto _again;}
 		}
 	break;
 	case 15:
-/* #line 301 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
+/* #line 302 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
 	{
 			apars_handle_chs_designate(leadchar, (*p));
 			{cs = 1;goto _again;}
 		}
 	break;
-/* #line 532 "user/ansi_parser.c" */
+/* #line 533 "user/ansi_parser.c" */
 		}
 	}
 	goto _again;
@@ -546,7 +547,7 @@ _again:
 	while ( __nacts-- > 0 ) {
 		switch ( *__acts++ ) {
 	case 0:
-/* #line 188 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
+/* #line 189 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
 	{
 			ansi_warn("Parser error.");
 			apars_show_context();
@@ -556,7 +557,7 @@ _again:
 goto _again;}
 		}
 	break;
-/* #line 560 "user/ansi_parser.c" */
+/* #line 561 "user/ansi_parser.c" */
 		}
 	}
 	}
@@ -564,6 +565,6 @@ goto _again;}
 	_out: {}
 	}
 
-/* #line 324 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
+/* #line 325 "user/ansi_parser.rl" */
 
 }
diff --git a/user/ansi_parser.rl b/user/ansi_parser.rl
index c2042c7..cd1ec26 100644
--- a/user/ansi_parser.rl
+++ b/user/ansi_parser.rl
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ ansi_parser(char newchar)
 		history[HISTORY_LEN-1] = newchar;
 	#endif
 
+	// THose should work always, even inside a string
+	if (newchar == CAN || newchar == SUB) {
+		// Cancel the active sequence
+		cs = ansi_start;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	// Handle simple characters immediately (bypass parser)
 	if (newchar < ' ' && !inside_string) {
 		switch (newchar) {
@@ -152,12 +159,6 @@ ansi_parser(char newchar)
 				apars_handle_enq();
 				return;
 
-				// Cancel the active sequence
-			case CAN:
-			case SUB:
-				cs = ansi_start;
-				return;
-
 			default:
 				// Discard all other control codes
 				return;
diff --git a/user/ansi_parser_callbacks.c b/user/ansi_parser_callbacks.c
index fa6173f..37c9914 100644
--- a/user/ansi_parser_callbacks.c
+++ b/user/ansi_parser_callbacks.c
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@
 #include "uart_buffer.h"
 #include "screen.h"
 
+volatile bool enquiry_suppressed = false;
+ETSTimer enqTimer;
+void ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR enqTimerCb(void *unused)
+{
+	enquiry_suppressed = false;
+}
+
 /**
  * Send a response to UART0
  * @param str
@@ -37,8 +44,16 @@ apars_handle_bel(void)
 void ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR
 apars_handle_enq(void)
 {
+	if (enquiry_suppressed) return;
+
 	// version encased in SOS and ST
 	apars_respond("\x1bXESPTerm " FIRMWARE_VERSION "\x1b\\");
+
+	// Throttle enquiry - this is a single-character-invoked response,
+	// so it tends to happen randomly when throwing garbage at the ESP.
+	// We don't want to fill the output buffer with dozens of enquiry responses
+	enquiry_suppressed = true;
+	TIMER_START(&enqTimer, enqTimerCb, 500, 0);
 }
 
 void ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR
diff --git a/user/apars_pm.c b/user/apars_pm.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6defb03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/apars_pm.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//
+// Created by MightyPork on 2017/08/20.
+//
+// Handle privacy messages
+// PM Pt ST
+// (PM = ESC ^)
+//
+// Those are used for device-to-device communication.
+// They were not used for anything in the original VT100 and are not
+// used by Xterm or any other common emulator, but they should be safely discarded.
+//
+
+#include <esp8266.h>
+#include "apars_pm.h"
+#include "ansi_parser_callbacks.h"
+#include "screen.h"
+#include "apars_logging.h"
+
+/**
+ * Helper function to parse incoming DCS (Device Control String)
+ * @param buffer - the DCS body (after DCS and before ST)
+ */
+void ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR
+apars_handle_pm(const char *buffer)
+{
+	size_t len = strlen(buffer);
+	if (false) {
+		//
+	}
+	else {
+		ansi_warn("Bad DCS: %s", buffer);
+		apars_show_context();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/user/apars_pm.h b/user/apars_pm.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92f7b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/apars_pm.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+//
+// Created by MightyPork on 2017/08/20.
+//
+
+#ifndef ESP_VT100_FIRMWARE_APARS_PM_H
+#define ESP_VT100_FIRMWARE_APARS_PM_H
+
+void apars_handle_pm(const char *buffer);
+
+#endif //ESP_VT100_FIRMWARE_APARS_PM_H
diff --git a/user/apars_string.c b/user/apars_string.c
index dbd2382..a4a8781 100644
--- a/user/apars_string.c
+++ b/user/apars_string.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "apars_logging.h"
 #include "ansi_parser_callbacks.h"
 #include "screen.h"
+#include "apars_pm.h"
 
 // ----- Generic String cmd - disambiguation -----
 
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ apars_handle_string_cmd(char leadchar, char *buffer)
 			break;
 
 		case '^': // PM - Privacy Message
+			apars_handle_pm(buffer);
 			break;
 
 		case '_': // APC - Application Program Command